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Envisioning the Future of Medicare: A Citizens' Conference

On June 15th, the Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is proud to present a unique Citizen's Conference on the Future of Medicare. "Envisioning the Future of...

May 10, 2012 | Saskatchewan Office

Study reveals secret Canadian bank bailout

Throughout the 2008-2010 financial crisis, Canadian banks were touted by the federal government—and the banks themselves—as being much more stable than other countries’ big banks. Canadians we...

April 30, 2012 | National Office

Living Wage for Metro Vancouver rises to $19.14

For families with young children, the costs of basic necessities like food, rent and child care quickly add up. Even with full-time work year round, both parents in a family of four must earn at...

April 26, 2012 | BC Office

What’s at stake for working seniors?

It is argued by some that eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) at age 65 discourages older Canadians from remaining in the workforce, and that we need...

April 16, 2012 | National Office

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New Reports & Studies

Brief Presented to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

May 10, 2012 | National Office

The Big Banks' Big Secret

Estimating government support for Canadian banks during the financial crisis

April 30, 2012 | National Office

Working for a Living Wage 2012

Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver

April 26, 2012 | BC Office

Working After Age 65

What is at Stake?

April 16, 2012 | National Office

More Reports & Studies

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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2012

Power of Youth: Youth and community-led activism in Canada

by Brigette DePape

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Commentary & Fact Sheets

The Challenges Facing Labour

May 15, 2012 | Manitoba Office

Time to Expand the Manitoba Advantage.

May 8, 2012

Climate change will shape BC in 2035, one way or another

May 2, 2012 | BC Office

Taxing Times

Hennessy's Index: A number is never just a number

May 1, 2012 | National Office

More Commentary & Fact Sheets

Monitor Articles

Let's Give the Labour Movement Its Due

Unions are society’s builders, not strike-happy wreckers

by Ed Finn

Crucial Power Analysis Missing from Courts and the Media in Shafia Murder Case

by Helen Forsey

The Latin American Revolution (Part XII)

Uruguay makes great social gains under left-wing government

by Asad Ismi

Academic Freedom Endangered in Ontario

Drummond Report threatens universities’ academic excellence

by Jeff Noonan

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